GUN SPRING 2016
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/14/2016
CIVIL WAR ERA HENRY MODEL 1860 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. HENRY MODEL 1860 2938 44 RF HENRY Cal. 44 RF Henry. Usual configuration with 24-1/4" oct bbl that has integral magazine, slightly altered early style nickel silver front sight & 900 yard Henry-style ladder rear sight that may be an old reproduction. Top flat of bbl is marked with the small font 2-line Henry''s patent and company address. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut buttstock with straight grip & early style brass buttplate with rnd heel and large trap. The 2 buttplate screws are matching numbered to the rifle. Tang screws are properly unnumbered and are orig Henry screws. Left side of buttstock and left bbl gullet have factory sling swivels. Buttstock has a slight "Henry Bump" below the sling swivel. SN is found in the usual place on top flat of bbl between the receiver and rear sight, left side of lower tang under the wood, inside top tang channel of buttstock & inside toe of buttplate. Rnd section of bbl under the loading sleeve is marked with the assembly number "581" which number is partially visible on rear face of loading sleeve. Loading sleeve retainer screw is battered. Receiver has a dovetail in the top flat and the rear sight is cracked down the center. Bolt face is missing the firing pin assembly. This rifle appears to have been manufactured in about 1863 at the height of the Civil War and almost certainly would have served during the war and later probably on the American frontier. PROVENANCE: The Estate of G. W. "Bill" Stewart of Sonora, Texas. CONDITION: Fine to very fine, all matching. Bbl & magazine tube retain a smooth, plummy/brown patina with a few light nicks & dings and edge wear. Receiver & sideplates show light to moderate edge wear with a few light scratches & nicks and show a dark mustard patina. Buttplate is matching patina. Buttstock has fine crack in the left wrist with nicks & scratches and retains most of a very old restored finish. Bolt face is missing the firing pin and the extractor is a homemade replacement. Otherwise, mechanics are fine. Worn dark bore with moderate to heavy pitting and distinctive rifling. Stock & buttplate screw heads have been refinished. 49973-17 JR84 (20,000-35,000)